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Sonic Drive-In is offering 4-Piece Mozzarella Sticks for 99 cents on Thursday, June 7!

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Get 1/2 price cheeseburgers from 5 pm to close every Tuesday night while the promotion lasts.

Get 1/2 price drinks and slushes and 99-cent corn dogs from 2-4 pm each day at participating locations.

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The new 620,000-square-foot warehousing facility is expected to bring more than 1,000 new jobs to Johnston County.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.

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